Surin Temples
Amphoe Muang
Luang Pho Phra Chi, Wat Burapharam
The image of the Buddha subduing Mara, Luang Pho Phra Chi is most revered by Surin people. It is not known when the images was built. Wat Burapharam is assumed to be constructed in Thon Buri or early Rattanakosin Period, dating back some 200 years.
Prasat Muang Thi
is located 16 kilometers to the east of Amphoe Muang Town Hall at Tambon Muang Thi. To get there, drive along the Surin-Sikhoraphum route. The sanctuary comprises 5 brick indented Prangs situated on a common base. Only 3 Prangs are still to be seen at present.
Surin City Pillar Shrine
is situated 500 meters to the west of the City Hall. The present shrine was built in 1968 to replace the old one which contained no pillar. The 3-meter city pillar, carved from an auspicious laburnum wood from Kanchanaburi, was erected and celebrated on March 15 th, 1974.
Amphoe Chom Phra-Tha Tum
Prasat Chom Phra
is located within Wat Prasat Chom Phra, Tambon Chom Phra, 26 kilometers from Surin. The ruins comprise laterite Prang, image hall (Viharn) and wall with a huge Buddha image of modern period in front of the Viharn.
Amphoe Lamduan-Sangka
Prasat Phum Pon
is an ancient Khmer sanctuary of Prei Kameng Period dating back to the 12th - 13th century B.E. Being Surin’s oldest ruins, Prasat Phum Pon comprises a brick Prang on latrite base with sandstone door frame, colonnettes, and lintel. To the west, there are remains of a building’s base and still another one lying 32 meters beyond.
Prasat Phum Pon is located at Ban Phum Pon, Tambon Dom, 10 kilometers from Amphoe Sangkha along the Sangkha-Buachet route.
Prasat Tapiang Tia
is located at Mu 2 Tambon Chok Nua, Amphoe Lamduan within the precincts of Wat Prasat Thep Nimit Prasat Tapiang Tia is a 5-finial brick sanctuary of Laotian architectural style dating back to late Ayutthaya Period.
Prasat Yai Ngao
is a 12-indented square sanctuary built of brick. The Khmer ruins lie 4 kilometers to the southeast of Amphoe Sangkha Town Hall at Ban Sangkha, Tambon Sangkha.
Amphoe Prasat-Kap Choeng
Prasat Ban Phlai
A Khmer sanctuary donated to the God Shiva in Brahmanism, Prasat Ban Phlai comprises 3 brick Prangs situated on a common moated laterite base. A lintel’s fragment discovered here and currently displayed at Phimai National Museum indicates that Prasat Ban Phlai was constructed in the 16th century B.E. The sanctuary lies about 10 kilometers to the northeast of the Town Hall at Ban Prasat, Tambon Chua Phloeng, Amphoe Prasat.
Prasat Hin Ban Phuluang
is a Hindu sanctuary of Baphuon Period dating back to the 16 th-17th century B.E. between the reigns of Jayavarman I and Jayavarman VI of the ancient Khmer Kindgon. A small sandstone Prang on laterite base, Prasat Hin Ban Phuluang was built and sculpted with fine craftsmanship. The pediment above the entrance depicts a scene of Krishna lifting Govardhana Mountain from the Hindu Story ’Krishnavatar’, and incarnation of the God Vishnu. The God Indra on elephant back centers the stone lintel. There is a pond on either side of the walkway to the entrance.
Prasat Hin Ban Phluang is situated at Ban Phluang, Tambon Kang Aen, Amphoe Prasat, 4 kilometers from the Town Hall along the Surin Prasat Chong Chom route with a left turn between kilometer markers 34-35 for another 900 meters.
Prasart Hin Banphulung is opened every day from 07.30 A.M. - 06.00 P.M. Admission fee is 30 Baht.
Prasat Tamuan Thom
is located on a stream bank, 200 meters to the south of Prasat Tamuan Tot. The sancetuary Comprises 3 Prangs decorated with bas-reliefs of floral designs and standing dieties, intricate sandstone’gopura’ (roofed entrance), 2 laterite buildings, and sandstone gallery. Outside, there is a pond lined with laterite.
Prasat Ban Prasat
is located at Ban Prasat, Tambon Phlai, Amphoe Prasat, about 5 kilometers from Amphoe Prasat Town Hall. The sanctuary lies in deteriorated condition with only some remains of laterite wall and a big pond, 2 meters beyond the eastern wall.
Prasat Tamuan Tot
is located some 12 kilometers from Ban Ta Miang, Tambon Bak Dai, Amphoe Kap Choeng on the Thai-Cambodian borderline. The stone sanctuary, built on sand-stone base, is similar to Prasat Ban Phluang.
Amphoe Sikhoraphum
Prasat Ban Chang Pi
is a whole laterite sanctuary situated at Mu 1, Tambon Chang Pi, 12 kilometers to the southwest of Amphoe Sikhoraphum Town Hall along the Surin Sikhoraphum route.
Prasat Sikhoraphum
comprises 5 brick Prangs on common laterite base. It dates back to mid 17th century B.E. The main Prang at the center is 32 meters high and decorated with intricately carved sandstone lintel, colonnettes, and pilasters. Prasat Si Khoraphum is located at Ban Prasat, Tambon Ra Ngaeng, Amphoe Sikhoraphum, 34 kilometers from the provincial town along the Surin Sikhoraphum route with a left turn of 800 meters at Amphoe Prasat. Prasart Sikhoraphum is opened every day from 07.30 A.M. - 06.00 P.M. Admission fee is 30 Baht.
